Books with title Buster the Bug

Terrorists have turned nature itself into a devastating weapon. And only one man can stop it. The year is 2026 and up and down the Eastern seaboard of the United States a virulent toxin is killing people. What was initially believed to be food poisoning turns out to be a terrorist attack using genetically modified insects to poison the American food supply. For Gabriel Marx, news of the poisoning is eerily familiar. A Marine Corps veteran and trained viticulturist, Gabriel is now working as a vintner at Landmark Estates Winery in California, but was once part of a secret CIA effort to use insect vectors to destroy the Afghan Taliban's poppy industry. He's long feared that genetically synthesized toxins delivered by insects could be used as a terror weapon. One day a stream of black SUVs carrying the Secretary of Homeland Security shows up at the vineyard, and Gabriel is recruited to help the government respond to the attack. He is drawn into a complex web of rogue scientists with links to ISIS and Chechen terrorists, and discovers that an even more devastating attack is imminent. Merging cutting-edge synthetic biology with global politics and international terrorism, The Bug Hunter is both thriller and cautionary tale of how advances in technology can be used to turn nature itself into a devastating weapon.

Ridgeview High School is abuzz with gossip after notorious bully Trevor Newsome is knocked flat by someone -- or something. After Trevor claims a robot attacked him, Principal Wilma Allan sends her nephew, ace student newspaper reporter Owen Dinsmore, to investigate. The police are stumped, but Owen's investigation leads to some amazing discoveries as well as a chance to go out with beautiful Erica Litvak, who might know more about Trevor's attacker than she admits.

In BUSTER THE BULLY, you will understand that there’s hope for a young bully with low self-esteem. You will see how a tornado, a smart, kind kid, and a safe, supportive school environment can change the way a bully acts and feels. This story poem will promote class and family discussions about bullies. References about tornadoes and bullying provide additional resources for teachers, parents and young readers. BUSTER THE BULLY is a timely book for tots, pre-teens and teachers.

Publisher's Weekly calls THE BUG HUNTER a "Tense thriller that doesn't pull any punches!""You have an appointment in Samarra."This cryptic message, a parable that reaches back in time to the Babylonian Talmud, sets in motion a complex terror plot where rogue scientists have turned nature itself into a devastating weapon.Within months of the message being received, a virulent toxin is killing people up and down the Eastern seaboard of the United States. What was initially believed to be food poisoning turns out to be a terrorist attack using genetically modified insects to poison the American food supply.For Gabriel Marx, news of the poisoning is eerily familiar. A Marine Corps veteran and trained viticulturist, Gabriel is now working as a vintner at Landmark Estates Winery in California, but was once part of a secret CIA effort to use insect vectors to destroy the Afghan Taliban's poppy industry. He's long feared that genetically synthesized toxins delivered by insects could be used as a terror weapon.One day a stream of black SUVs carrying the Secretary of Homeland Security shows up at the vineyard, and Gabriel is recruited to help the government respond to the attack. He is drawn into a complex web of rogue scientists with links to ISIS and Chechen terrorists, and discovers that an even more devastating attack is imminent.In his follow up novel to his acclaimed alt-history THE TWO GATES, Ken Davenport has delivered a gripping story that merges cutting-edge synthetic biology with global politics and international terrorism. In the spirit of Michael Crichton and Daniel Silva, THE BUG HUNTER is both thriller and cautionary tale of how advances in technology can be used to turn nature itself into a devastating weapon.

In BUSTER THE BULLY, you will understand that there's hope for a young bully with low self-esteem. You will see how a tornado, a smart, kind kid and a safe supportive school environment can change the way a bully acts and feels. This story poem will promote class and family discussions about bullying. A bibliography about tornadoes and anti-bullying provides additional resources for teachers, parents and young readers.

Buster was a loyal and a loving pet. He was an English Shepherd dog who followed us all over the farm. If one of my older brothers drove a team of horses to do some work in one of the fields, Buster would go with him. He loved being with us and liked playing with us. My brothers and I liked to wrestle with him. He enjoyed it too. Sometimes my brother Richard or I would get down on the ground and hug Buster close to our bodies to try to see if we could keep him from getting free as the other person called him. He always freed himself by wriggling and pushing against us with his feet. He never snapped or bit us in the process.